Case Study: Deschutes County achieves faster, more scalable budget book creation with Workiva

Deschutes County cuts budget book process time by 60% to 65% with Workiva

Deschutes County, a government entity experiencing rapid growth, faced significant challenges in its budget book creation process. The process was disconnected, relying on multiple sources and systems, and was bogged down by time-consuming manual tasks and numerous back-and-forth emails for narrative updates. To address this, the county partnered with vendor Workiva to implement its cloud-based financial reporting solution.

The solution from Workiva provided a single, centralized platform for real-time collaboration and automated manual tasks. This implementation, aided by advisory expertise from F.H. Black & Company Incorporated, resulted in an estimated 60% to 65% time savings in the budget book process. Workiva enabled a repeatable and scalable workflow, allowing approximately 15 department heads to collaborate simultaneously with controlled permissions, which eliminated error-prone emails and increased confidence in data accuracy.

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